Manfred Seah
Chief Financial Officer
Manfred joined SATS as Chief Financial Officer in September 2017. He oversees the Group’s global finance operations, which include strategic financial management; group treasury, cash management and insurance; strategic investment monitoring; investor relations; group procurement; and property management. In addition to these responsibilities, he leads several ongoing projects aimed at integrating and enhancing financial and corporate function operations across the Group. These include the ongoing standardisation of financial systems across SATS’ global network, driving continuous productivity and process enhancements, and implementing internal reorganisation initiatives to optimise capital and operational efficiency.
Manfred played a crucial role in raising funds for the Group’s acquisition of WFS, restructuring the Group’s debt to reduce the overall cost of financing, and seamlessly integrating WFS into the SATS Group.
Manfred has over 25 years of investment banking, direct investments and financial management experience. He has held senior leadership roles in corporate finance and investment management, and has conducted corporate advisory, mergers and acquisitions activities in Asia.
Before joining SATS, Manfred was the Group Chief Financial Officer of SMRT Corporation Ltd, where he was primarily responsible for driving transformational changes to the business and financing structure of the Group. At SMRT, Manfred led a special task force that developed and facilitated the transition of SMRT Trains Limited to the new rail financing framework, and eventually managed the subsequent privatisation of SMRT Corporation Ltd by Temasek Holdings in 2016.
Manfred sits on numerous boards of SATS subsidiaries and associate companies. He graduated with a BSc. (First Class) in Mathematics from Queen Mary College, University of London, and an MBA from London Business School. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant from ICAEW in the UK and has an Advanced Diploma in Corporate Finance (CF) and conferred a Fellow (FCA) from ICAEW, as well as FCPA from CPA Australia.